User talk:Compuguy1088
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Hi Compuguy1088, About categorizing your Lake Braddock Orchestras article as an 'American orchestra' -- literally you are right, but practically, it doesn't work. That list I believe is for orchestras of a notably high caliber. Meaning, professional, semi-professional, or top of the line student orchestras[1] ...No offence to your school and orchestra, but I doubt that Lake Braddock fits that bill. However, I'm sure you disagree with this so instead I going to create a new list of student orchestras that way we can separate the professional/semi-professional orchestras from the rest and maintain at least what I feel was the original intent of the list and category. Any objections? Jarfingle 06:41, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
Well in factual sense we are of unsusally high caliber, because we play music at a high level that many other regular high school groups do, and because of this I created the article and put it under that list because of that and another reason, because in the list of groups in another article the American Youth Philharmonic Orchestras is in that list. This group is a youth group just like ours, that would also not fit under your opinion, that is why I decided to put it under that category. What you define as high caliber, professional, semi-professional, does fit the description of our group. Unfourtunatly I dont have hall the information compiled about our complete history, so the article isn't complete, yet. What I've said is not opinonated, but is fact from the many awards we have won, as well as other factors. I'm not trying to counterdict your judgement, because naturally at first glance a normal group shoudn't be put under that category, but our group, as well as our band are not the normal. Actually the band conductor is world wide recognized, but that isn't relevent. In this sense if that group was filtered the same was as our group, it would be just. I understand what your saying but I was just trying to explain, and back up why its on the list. I will put it in the youth category, but I'll for the moment keep it under american orcehstras, because of the level of playing is above the norm.
Compuguy1088 17:22, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
I agree :P. Fairfax County generally is above the norms in all aspects. --The Fear 22:49, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
Your blog
Hello again, After consulting with WikiProject LinkSpam, I'm going to remove your link from the Lake Braddock Orchestras article for the following reasons:
- It's self-promotion
- You don't provide a name for your blog thus making it unverifiable[2]
- It's unencyclopedic[3]
However, of these, that fact that it's self-promotion I think makes it a no-brainer. Just as you don't create articles about oneself (because of dubious encyclopedic credentials), one doesn't make external links to onself (on equally dubious encyclopedic credentials). Jarfingle 09:29, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
It does seem like its self promotion, which unfourtuatly it partialy is :(. This is not on purpose though. The name of the blog is the name of the link which is Inside the Lake Braddock Symphony Orchestra, and if you would please take a second to read this, it is relevent to the article at hand. Another reason is that I regulary update that blog with happenings in the group, where as our offical site is not updated as much. I will put it back on, but will specifically note that it is a blog and mention in a footnote that it possible could be an opinated source. This should releve this whole thing of spam, unfourtuately it isn't link spam, because it is relevelnt information to the article. I understand why you took this percaution, but I might of not described this properly when I put it up, leading to this suspicion. I'll properly document it this time, to make it just and mention of its relevence.
Compuguy1088 17:27, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
